About Krah Village

Krah is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 184 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,114 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Krah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Krah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	176041
Area (hectares)	78.28 hectares
Population	389
Male Population	184
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,114
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Krah compares

By the 2011 count Krah is the 66th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 78.28 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Krah

Krah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Krah as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Krah from other places

Krah lies about 41 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 49 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Krah
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	29 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	41 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	49 km

Villages closest to Krah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhoranj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Krah

As per the Census of India 2011, Krah village had a population of 389. That makes it the 66th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Krah village has 184 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Krah has about 1114 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Krah is 176041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Krah covers 78.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Krah falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Krah is Olinda, about 49 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Krah.

Krah is about 41 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Krah is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about under 2 km away. Bhoranj is about 29 km away. Hamirpur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.